Hospitals report these codes with terse, inconsistent chargemaster text. This plain-English title was written by an AI model from that text and has not been reviewed by a person, so it can be wrong. The prices on this page come straight from hospital filings and do not depend on it.
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HC PUNCTURE ASPIRATION, ABSCESS/HEMATOMA/BULLA/CYST
Slidell, LA
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St Tammany Hosptial Service District No 2’s median price of $366 is 18% below the median hospital's median price ($445), higher than 26% of the 2,486 hospitals reporting CPT 10160. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 12 payers, 15 plan rates. A facility fee, a professional fee, a per diem and a case rate are different bills, so each is listed on its own. Open a payer to see it across hospitals.
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| 1 | Bcbs La all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $86.40 | $131.10 | $76.29 – $365.59 |
| 2 | Cigna all payor case rate · outpatient | $208.00 | $208.00 | $208.00 – $208.00 |
| 3 | Molina all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $295.43 | $295.43 | $295.43 – $295.43 |
| 4 | Aetna Better Health all payor case rate · outpatient | $359.35 | $359.35 | $359.35 – $359.35 |
| 5 | Amerihealth Caritas all payor case rate · outpatient | $359.35 | $359.35 | $359.35 – $359.35 |
| 6 | Humana all payor case rate · outpatient | $359.35 | $359.35 | $359.35 – $359.35 |
| 7 | UnitedHealthcare all payor case rate · outpatient | $359.35 | $359.35 | $359.35 – $359.35 |
| 8 | Aetna all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $365.59 | $365.59 | $365.59 – $365.59 |
| 9 | Humana all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $365.59 | $365.59 | $365.59 – $365.59 |
| 10 | Optum all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $365.59 | $365.59 | $365.59 – $365.59 |
| 11 | Tricare all payor other · outpatient | $365.59 | $365.59 | $365.59 – $365.59 |
| 12 | First Health all payor percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $709.60 | $709.60 | $709.60 – $709.60 |
| 13 | UnitedHealthcare all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $999.45 | $999.45 | $957.58 – $1,041 |
| 14 | Aetna all payor case rate · outpatient | $1,011 | $1,011 | $1,011 – $1,011 |
| 15 | MultiPlan all payor percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,064 | $1,064 | $1,064 – $1,064 |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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